UNDER REVIEW: ENTER SHIKARI – NOTHING IS TRUE AND EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE
ARTIST: ENTER SHIKARI
TITLE: NOTHING IS TRUE & EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE
LABEL: AMBUSH REALITY
RATING: 10/10
WORDS: SEAN HUBBARD
At this point it is pointless to try and quantify Enter Shikari into a genre. What can be definitively said however is that...
UNDER REVIEW: THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER – VERMINOUS
ARTIST: THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
TITLE: VERMINOUS
LABEL: METAL BLADE
WORDS: SEAN HUBBARD
RATING: 9/10
The Black Dahlia Murder are not an accessible band. The death metal icons have avoided going down the route that many of their contemporaries...
UNDER REVIEW: Funeral Homes – Lavender House
ARTIST: FUNERAL HOMES
TITLE: LAVENDER HOUSE
LABEL: LONELY GHOST RECORDS
RATING: 7.5/10
WORDS: JO COSGROVE
Still rising through the last year, Florida rockers Funeral Homes have taken a great step forward with the release of their debut full-length album,...
UNDER REVIEW: DRAIN – CALIFORNIA CURSED
ARTIST: DRAIN
TITLE: CALIFORNIA CURSED
LABEL: REVELATION RECORDS
RATING: 9/10
WORDS: DEC SHERRY
Revelation Records have been at the cutting edge of hardcore since the late eighties, and while some may see their impact be a thing of...
UNDER REVIEW: Rotting Out – Ronin
ARTIST: ROTTING OUT
TITLE: RONIN
LABEL: PURE NOISE
RATING: 9/10
WORDS: LUCA CESCON
Rotting Out are back. Despite having released just two full lengths and a couple of EPs, the San Pedro outfit successfully created its own way of...
UNDER REVIEW: Milk Teeth – Milk Teeth
ARTIST: MILK TEETH
TITLE: MILK TEETH
LABEL: MUSIC FOR NATIONS
RATING: 9/10
WORDS: JO COSGROVE
Over the last seven years, it's been such a journey for British punks Milk Teeth. Ups and downs, signing up and dropping out, and finding...
UNDER REVIEW: Lizzy Farrall – Bruise
ARTIST: LIZZY FARRALL
TITLE: BRUISE
LABEL: PURE NOISE RECORDS
RATING: 8/10
WORDS: JO COSGROVE
Chester artist Lizzy Farrall has been amazing everyone within the alternative scene with her calm, heartfelt hits over the last few years. However, she decided...
UNDER REVIEW: Silverstein – A Beautiful Place To Drown
ARTIST: SILVERSTEIN
TITLE: A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO DROWN
LABEL: UNFD
RATING: 8.5/10
WORDS: JO COSGROVE
2020 is a big year for many different reasons; some good, some bad, and some require thought on which category they'd fall into. For...
UNDER REVIEW: MOBS – Cinema Paradiso
ARTIST: MOBS
TITLE: CINEMA PARADISO
LABEL: RUDE RECORDS
RATING: 9/10
WORDS: JO COSGROVE
It's very common for different mediums of art to cross paths and link together; to inspire one another in some way, shape or form. Melbourne outfit...
UNDER REVIEW: Derek Sanders – My Rock And Roll Heart
ARTIST: DEREK SANDERS
TITLE: MY ROCK AND ROLL HEART
LABEL: BANQUET RECORDS
RATING: 7/10
WORDS: CHRIS PRENATT
Derek Sanders is no stranger to cover songs. As the frontman for the beloved Floridian pop-punk act Mayday Parade, he, along with...
UNDER REVIEW: Introvert – Mending Breaking
ARTIST: INTROVERT
TITLE: MENDING BREAKING
LABEL: UNFD
RATING: 8/10
WORDS: KARLEY MYALL
Hailing from Australia, four-piece alternative rock band Introvert have released their six-track EP ‘Mending Breaking’. Forming in 2015, they’ve been nothing but consistent and that has shown...
UNDER REVIEW: World War – Daydreamer
ARTIST: WORLD WAR
TITLE: DAYDREAMER
LABEL: SELF-RELEASED
RATING: 7.5/10
WORDS: JO COSGROVE
Los Angeles outfit World War are promising the biggest tunes and have spent the last few years working on their debut release. This release became the living,...
UNDER REVIEW: Parkway Drive – Viva The Underdogs
ARTIST: PARKWAY DRIVE
TITLE: VIVA THE UNDERDOGS
LABEL: EPITAPH RECORDS
RATING: 9/10
WORDS: KARLEY MYALL
Byron Bay’s very own five-piece hardcore band Parkway Drive are in the process of releasing their fourteen-track anthology ‘Viva The Underdogs’. It’s the soundtrack...
UNDER REVIEW: Dive South – Nerve Damage
ARTIST: DIVE SOUTH
TITLE: NERVE DAMAGE
LABEL: SELF-RELEASED
RATING: 7/10
WORDS: JO COSGROVE
When starting off their adventure into the music world, Manchester's Dive South weren't looking to adventure into heavier metal sounds. When they got together in 2017,...
UNDER REVIEW: Novastatus – Infrared
ARTIST: NOVASTATUS
TITLE: INFRARED
LABEL: SELF-RELEASED
RATING: 8/10
WORDS: JO COSGROVE
Cambridgeshire’s Novastatus are a band still working on lifting off into the skies, but they are working hard by making it known what they’re goals and beliefs are...
UNDER REVIEW: The Guru Guru – Point Fingers
ARTIST: THE GURU GURU
TITLE: POINT FINGERS
LABEL: LUIK RECORDS /
GRABUGE RECORDS
RATING: 8.5/10
WORDS: JO COSGROVE
Priding themselves on bringing the industry “multi-coloured straitjacket vocals and feverish guitars”, Belgian rockers The Guru Guru can easily be classed as...
UNDER REVIEW: The Amity Affliction – Everyone Loves You…Once You Leave Them
ARTIST: THE AMITY AFFLICTION
TITLE: EVERYONE LOVES YOU...ONCE YOU LEAVE THEM
LABEL: PURE NOISE RECORDS
RATING: 7/10
WORDS: KARLEY MYALL
In 2018 The Amity Affliction released their twelve-track album ‘Misery’, leaving fans wanting to hear more of the heavier...
UNDER REVIEW: Loma Prieta – Continuum/Fate
ARTIST: LOMA PRIETA
TITLE: CONTINUUM B/W FATE
LABEL: DEATHWISH INC
RATING: 7/10
WORDS: JO COSGROVE
Working within the hardcore scene for almost fifteen years now, San Francisco's Loma Prieta have been taking some time to get the new era...
UNDER REVIEW: Royce 5’9 – The Allegory
ARTIST: ROYCE 5'9
TITLE: THE ALLEGORY
LABEL: EONE/HEAVEN STUDIOS
RATING: 9/10
WORDS: BECTON SIMPSON
Detroit heavyweight Royce 5’9 might just be one of the most underrated rappers in hip hop. A true MC’s MC, anyone who appreciates great lyricism...
UNDER REVIEW: Echosmith – Lonely Generation
ARTIST: ECHOSMITH
TITLE: LONELY GENERATION
LABEL: ECHOSMITH MUSIC
RATING: 7/10
WORDS: JO COSGROVE
Indie outfit Echosmith have been through a lot throughout the 2010s. Forming in 2009, they'd spent the following details reaching for their dreams and achieving many...
